Iranian-American scholar Haleh Esfandiari was released from prison in Iran on bail today, the ISNA news agency reports. Dr. Esfandiari had been detained for over 100 days on charges that she was an alleged threat to Iranian national security.
A workshop for women in politics have established a Coalition of Women in Politics (COWIP) to facilitate high level female participation in decision-making across the political divide.The Coalition is to provide a platform to ensure that women's voices are heard beyond current levels.
The Women's Union of Kurdistan in Sulaimaniyah said it recorded 83 women burning themselves in the first six months of last year; 95 in the first half of 2007.
The women parliamentary caucus will this week undergo training in Masvingo that would enable them to tackle various gender-related issues in Parliament.
Cable television may promote gender equality and reduce domestic violence in rural India, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) working paper.
The Capricorn District Municipality (CDM) at the weekend hosted Limpopo's first provincial Women's Parliament.
Health minister Maasuma Al Mubarak, Kuwait's first female cabinet member, has resigned following a deadly hospital fire, preempting plans by Islamist MPs to call her to account in parliament.
A young breed of politicians, and a standard bearer for women in Jamaican politics, believe that laws should be effected to allow for a certain proportion of the Senate to be made up of women and youths.
In honor of Women's Equality Day (August 26), Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) has announced that when the House reconvenes this fall, she will introduce a bill to equip the US government to advocate for global women's rights.